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What CoreCompliance covers

CoreCompliance covers the compliance training and evidence a small UK regulated firm needs, in one subscription.

150+ courses across anti-money laundering, Consumer Duty, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, non-financial misconduct, data protection and more, aligned to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) obligations and to the duties that apply across every sector. Content updates when regulations change. Audit-ready records for every completion, in one click. Curated for firms under 50 staff.

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Trained, provable and current, at any moment

A small independent financial adviser firm needs to be able to say, at any moment: yes, my team is trained, yes I can prove it, yes the content is current.

That is what "covered" means. CoreCompliance's job is to put your firm in that state and keep it there, without you having to build, maintain and administer a compliance training programme yourself.

Larger firms with dedicated compliance teams often want the whole library and the ability to customise it, and Skillcast Portal is built for that. Small firms without a compliance function want the set that applies to them, kept current for them, and that is what CoreCompliance is built for.

Grouped by what you actually need to cover

The 150+ courses in CoreCompliance are pre-organised around the regulatory obligations that apply to small UK regulated firms, whether FCA-specific or cross-sector.

FCA

FCA regulatory compliance

14 topics
Consumer Duty BCOBS COBS SM&CR Non-financial misconduct AML & CFT Financial promotions Complaints handling (DISP) Conflicts of interest TCF Vulnerable customers Market abuse CASS Operational resilience

Everything an FCA-regulated firm needs to evidence staff training on. Updates automatically with FCA guidance changes.

GEN

Cross-sector compliance

13 topics
UK GDPR Cyber security Anti-bribery & corruption Modern slavery Fraud prevention Sanctions EDI Sexual harassment prevention Bullying and harassment Neurodiversity awareness Speaking up Whistleblowing Health & safety

Topics every regulated business needs regardless of FCA specifics.

How coverage stays current

Regulations change. Coverage that is not maintained becomes coverage you cannot rely on.

Every course is reviewed by Skillcast's compliance content team on a regular cycle. When the FCA publishes new guidance, when a statutory instrument comes into force, when a deadline shifts, the affected courses update automatically. You do not check what is current. You do not buy an update pack. You do not reassign courses.

Recent updates

May 2026

Non-financial misconduct courses added ahead of the 1 September 2026 commencement

Apr 2026

Consumer Duty embedding course updated for 2026 assessment requirements

Mar 2026

AML content refreshed for latest sanctions regime updates

Feb 2026

Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) course added

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The AI compliance assistant

Aida makes coverage searchable

Every UK CoreCompliance subscription includes Aida, an artificial intelligence compliance assistant that answers staff questions about what the training covers and what a specific regulation requires. Aida answers from Skillcast's curated regulatory content, shows the source of every answer, and declines questions it cannot source.

For a small firm without a dedicated compliance officer, Aida is often the first place someone goes when a quick question comes up.

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What "covered" actually means in an FCA visit

The evidence side of coverage matters as much as the training side. For every completion, CoreCompliance records:

  • Who took the course, verified against your team
  • When they completed it, timestamped
  • What their score was
  • What Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit they earned
  • Which regulation the course maps to

When the FCA sends a thematic review, when a Section 166 skilled person turns up, when a complaint escalates with training as a factor: one click, downloaded, sent.

Written honestly

What CoreCompliance does not cover

Sector-specific training for non-regulated industries.

Construction certifications, hospitality-specific licensing, retail-sector compliance. Skillcast.com covers some of this in its wider libraries. CoreCompliance does not.

Bespoke course building.

If you need a course written from scratch for your proprietary process or product, that is a Skillcast Portal capability, not a CoreCompliance one.

Custom branding of the screens your staff see.

CoreCompliance is white-label free. Firms that need their own branding on what staff see should move to Skillcast Portal.

Non-UK regulatory content.

CoreCompliance is built around UK regulation, primarily FCA. Firms with meaningful EU or global regulatory obligations need Skillcast's Global Compliance library.

Face-to-face training or classroom delivery.

Everything in CoreCompliance is online, on-demand, self-serve.

Coverage

Your questions, answered

The things small firms ask before they subscribe, answered plainly. Cost, cancellation and what happens when the team grows mid-year are answered in more detail on the pricing page.

How many courses does CoreCompliance include?

Over 150 CPD-accredited courses, curated for UK regulated firms under 50 staff. Skillcast has a wider 400+ course library available through Skillcast Portal for firms with broader needs.

Are the courses the same as Skillcast Portal's?

The core content library is shared. The difference is packaging: CoreCompliance is a self-service subscription with a curated set for small regulated firms. Skillcast Portal is a fully-managed enterprise product with bespoke customisation, integrations, and larger libraries.

How long does compliance training take per person per year?

For a client-facing role at a small IFA, typically 4 to 6 hours per year across all mandatory topics. For administrative staff, closer to 3 to 4 hours. This is spread across the year, not delivered in one session.

What if a new regulation comes in during my subscription?

If the regulation applies to firms in your sector and CoreCompliance covers it, the course is added to your subscription at no additional cost. If it applies to a niche outside CoreCompliance’s remit, you will be told.

Can I customise the courses for my firm?

Not in CoreCompliance. Courses are delivered as-published, updated centrally. Firms that need custom-branded or custom-scripted courses should look at Skillcast Portal instead. This is a deliberate simplification, and it is what keeps CoreCompliance fast and inexpensive.

Are the courses CPD-accredited?

Yes. Every course in the library that qualifies for accreditation is CPD-certified. Certificates are generated automatically on completion.

Do you cover training for appointed representatives?

Yes. Add appointed representatives as users on the platform and they receive the same coverage and evidence trail as directly-employed staff.

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